Box Drawing Characters

All 128 box drawing characters ─ │ ┌ ┐ ╔ ═ ╗ for text tables, frames and tree diagrams.

Tap a symbol to copy it and see its code point.

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Width 20

Height 3

Line style

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About these characters

The Box Drawing block (U+2500–U+257F) comes from IBM PC code page 437, where it drew menus and windows in DOS programs. It only lines up in a monospace font.

Symbols you copy are remembered in a "Recently copied" row on the symbols page (stored only in this browser). For whole words in a different style, use the fancy text generator.

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Questions people ask

How do I type box drawing symbols on a keyboard?

Copying is fastest. On Windows you can also press Win + . and open the Symbols tab; on Mac press Ctrl + ⌘ + Space for the Character Viewer; on Android and iOS long-press or use the symbols keyboard. In HTML, use the numeric code shown after you tap a symbol.

Where do these characters come from?

The Box Drawing block (U+2500–U+257F) comes from IBM PC code page 437, where it drew menus and windows in DOS programs. It only lines up in a monospace font.